As you finish your college degree, you learn that the mountain behind your childhood home in the hills of the town you grew up are slated to be mined for coal using the mountain top removal method. Your parents, who still leave there are worried for their health and safety and do not want to lose the beautiful forested creek and ravine behind their property. However your brother is out of work and could use the mining job. What would you attempt in this situation?

Respuesta :

In this situation, I would try not to allow the exploitation of the mountain to occur, degrading nature and the property that her family has, because her brother may look for another job, but nature would not recover.

What are the impacts of coal mining?

The burning of coal for energy produces highly toxic effluents, such as mercury and other heavy metals such as vanadium, cadmium, arsenic and lead. In addition, the release of carbon dioxide causes pollution in the atmosphere, exacerbating global warming and contributing to acid rain.

With this information, we can conclude that Sedimentation and pollution of rivers due to improper disposal of unused material would make life on the family's property unfeasible.

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